Imperial encounter : Religion and modernity in India and Britain

By:

Veer Peter Van Der

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Publication details: Delhi Permanent Black 2001Description: 205p ixISBN:

9780691074771

Subject(s):

1. Modernity - U K - India - Comparative Study2. Socio-Cultural - U K - India - Comparative Study

DDC classification:

303.400000 VEE-2

Contents:

Table of contents Acknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION 3 CHAPTER ONE Secularity and Religion 14 The Separation of Church and State 16 Religion 24 Concluding Remarks 28 CHAPTER TWO The Moral State: Religion, Nation, and Empire 30 The Moral State in Britain 34 The Colonial Mission in India 41 Concluding Remarks 53 CHAPTER THREE The Spirits of the Age: Spiritualism and Political Radicalism 55 British Spirits 58 India's Spiritual Heritage 66 Concluding Remarks 77 CHAPTER FOUR Moral Muscle: Masculinity and Its Religious Uses 83 Muscular Christianity 85 Hindustani Honor 94 The Internal Enemy 101 Concluding Remarks 104 CHAPTER FIVE Monumental Texts: Orientalism and the Critical Edition of India's National Heritage 106 Muller's Science 107 India's Adoption of German Wissenschaft 116 Texts and the Nationalist Imaginaire 122 Speaking, Writing, Watching 129 Concluding Remarks 131 CHAPTER SIX Aryan Origins 134 The Aryan Myth 136 From Language to Skulls 144 Race, Class and Criminality 150 Concluding Remarks 155 Conclusion 158 Notes 161 Bibliography 179 Index 191

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Table of contents
Acknowledgments ix
INTRODUCTION 3
CHAPTER ONE Secularity and Religion 14
The Separation of Church and State 16
Religion 24
Concluding Remarks 28
CHAPTER TWO The Moral State: Religion, Nation, and Empire 30
The Moral State in Britain 34
The Colonial Mission in India 41
Concluding Remarks 53
CHAPTER THREE The Spirits of the Age: Spiritualism and Political Radicalism 55
British Spirits 58
India's Spiritual Heritage 66
Concluding Remarks 77
CHAPTER FOUR Moral Muscle: Masculinity and Its Religious Uses 83
Muscular Christianity 85
Hindustani Honor 94
The Internal Enemy 101
Concluding Remarks 104
CHAPTER FIVE Monumental Texts: Orientalism and the Critical Edition of India's National Heritage 106
Muller's Science 107
India's Adoption of German Wissenschaft 116
Texts and the Nationalist Imaginaire 122
Speaking, Writing, Watching 129
Concluding Remarks 131
CHAPTER SIX Aryan Origins 134
The Aryan Myth 136
From Language to Skulls 144
Race, Class and Criminality 150
Concluding Remarks 155
Conclusion 158
Notes 161
Bibliography 179
Index 191

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